Combined adjustable shade and curtain hanger



Dec. 4, 1923.

M. L. MOORE COMBINED ADJUSTABLE SHADE AND CURTAIN HANGER Filed Sept. 7. 1922 FIG. 5.

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UNITED STATES 1,47a34a PATENT OFFICE.

MARQUIS nix/icons, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, nssIeNon or ONE-HALF T0 annas o. FRANKLIN, or LAWRENCEBURG, KENTUCKY.

COMBINED ADJUSTABLE SHADE AND CURTAIN HANGER.

Application filed September 7, 1922. Serial No. 586,576.

To all whom it may concern: Be itknown that I, MARQUIS L. Moons, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Combined Adjustable Shade and Curtain Hangers, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined adjustable shade and curtain hanger and one featureof the invention is the provision of hangers having brackets adjustably secured thereto whereby shades of varying widths may be accommodated, said hangers also having means for suspending curtain rods or poles of varying lengths.

-A further feature of the invention is the provision of means for accommodating curtain rods of different formations.

And a further feature of the invention is the pro-vision of means for locking the adjustable parts in fixed position.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter more fully set forth and pointed out in the accompanying specification. v

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is aperspective view showing a combined adjustable shade and curtain hanger applied to use.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of one of the hangers,

Figure 3 is an end elevation thereof,

Figure 4: is a detail top plan view of one of the hangers showing a circular curtain rod attached thereto,

Figure 5 is a sectional view as seen on line 55, Figure 4,

Figure 6 is a top plan view similar to Figure i showing a different form of curtain rod attached thereto, and

Figure 7 is a sectional view thereof as seen on line 7-7, Figure 6.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a window frame which may be constructed in any preferred manner, towhich are attached the combined curtain and shade hangers 2, said hangers comprising a body portion 3, the upper and lower edges of which are bent over to form channels 4. Co-operating with the body portion 3 are brackets 5, one for each body portion, each bracket having a laterally extending foot portion 6 which en ters and slides within the channels 4: and through this foot portion is extended a looking' bolt 7 for securing the brackets in adjusted position, said bolt, when turned inwardly, pressing against the face of the body portion 3. There is a hanger at each side of the window frame and the brackets co-operating therewith serve to support the usual form of shade roller .8, and owing to the lateral adjustable feature'of the brackets, shades of varying widths may be accommodated without necessitating the changing of the positions ofthe hangers.

The body portions?) are secured to the face of the frame 1 in any suitable manner, as by means of screws 9 which are extended through openings in the body portions and into the face of the frame. each body portion 3 is a support 10 which has an off-set portion for forming a shoulder 11, said shoulder being positioned to extend over and rest upon theupper edge of the body portion 3, and by so positioning one of the screws 9 that it will pass through Associated with the lower end of the support 10 adjacent its I outer edge, no other means will be required for securing the support to the body portion as the shoulder will limit the swinging movement of the support in one direction.

In the event curtain rods which are circular in cross section are used, key socket openings 12 are formed through the supports 10 adjacent their upper ends, there being preferably a pair of openings in each support so that two of the rods 13 may be suspended at the same time, the ends of the rods having circumferential grooves 14 so that when the rods are entered through the openings 12 until the grooves 14 register with the edges of the openings and then lowered into the restricted portion 15 of the openings, the rods 13 will be securely locked in engagement with the support.

It will be understood of course that but a single opening 12 may be formed through each support, but in the event of forming two openings therethrough rods of different lengths may be accommodated and a single rod may be used instead of a pair of rods, if preferred.

When the rods are properly engaged with i I 16, anchoring tongues 17 are formed on the edges of the supports 10 adjacent their upper ends and by entering the open ends of the curtain support 16 over the anchoring tongues and lowering the curtain supports until the tapered portion 18 of the anchoring tongues enters an opening 19 in the upper edge of the curtain support 16, said supports will be securely locked in engage.- ment with the hangers and will be held in rigid position by the ends of the members 16 abutting against the faces of the sup ports 10. The curtain supporting members 16 may be provided in pairs, if desired, or used singly, a pair of anchoring tongues being provided on each support. I

By providing the shoulder 11 in the length of the support 10, the upper portion of the support will extend a distance away from the face of the frame 1 so that in the event of beading or other decoration being provided on the face of the frame, the supports 10 will not interfere or come in contact therewith.

In view of the simplicity of this device it can be very cheaply manufactured and readily and quickly applied to use, and owing to the adjustability of the shade roller supporting brackets, rollers of different length may be suspended from the hangers without changing the position of the hangers on the frame, thereby avoiding undue mutilation of the frame/ It will likewise be seen that the curtain supporting rod may be readily and quickly attached to or removed from the supporting portion of the hanger and when properly engaged therewith will remain in fixed position thereon.

Having thus fully described my said in vention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s:

1. In a combined curtain shade and tend over and rest upon the upper edge of the said body portion, means for engaging said body portion to support the same from the window frame said means also engaging said curtain support and clamping it between the window frame and the body portion, substantially as set forth.

2. In a combined curtain shade and hanger for window frames and the like, a body portion, a shade bracket adjustably carried by the body portion, a curtain support having one end extending behind the body portion and having its opposite faces thereof in engagement with the body portion and the window frame, said support having a shoulder adapted to extend over and rest upon the upper edge of the said body portion, and a common means adjacent the outer edge of the curtain support for supporting the curtain support and one end of the body portion and clamping the curtain support in position against the window frame, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana,

this 1st day of September A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty-two.

MARQUIS L. MOORE.

Witnesses:

M. L. SHULER, CAREY S. Fnrn. 

